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APR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Genetic studies in humans, zebrafish and mice have revealed how two different types of genetic variations team up to cau ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Neuroscience
Too many brain cells spoil the learning. So says a study by UC Santa Barbara's Scott Grafton and colleagues at the Unive ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Some muscles get all the glory. Bodybuilders show off their swollen triceps; sprinters flash their sharp-edged calves. B ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Most of today's anticancer drugs target the DNA or proteins in tumor cells, but a new discovery by University of Califor ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 06, 2015Technology
Rice University researchers are developing a highly accurate, touch-free system that uses a video camera to monitor pati ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 06, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Tissue stem cells, which continuously renew our tissues, can divide asymmetrically to produce two types of daughter cell ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 04, 2015Plants & Animals
When fat-tailed dwarf lemurs hit the hibernate button, they increase their overall longevity.
So suggests a n ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 03, 2015Microbiology
Researchers in Switzerland and Japan say they have developed a rapid, simple, and safe method for generating large libra ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 03, 2015Earth & The Environment
Farmers who are considering selling corn residue from their fields to produce cellulosic ethanol first should weigh a ra ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Microbiology
The Bacillus cereus bacteria is one of the potential causes of food poisoning. Indeed, a recent study in Analytical and ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Cancer
Sven Pettersson, Ph.D., is a Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the LKC School of Medicine at NTU of Singa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
One afternoon in October 2012, a communication therapist from Manchester visited the home of Laura and her three childre ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Neuroscience
John Rodakis' son was prescribed a 10-day course of amoxicillin, one of the most frequently used antibiotics in the US, ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic studies in humans, zebrafish and mice have revealed how two different types of genetic variations team up to cau
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Too many brain cells spoil the learning. So says a study by UC Santa Barbara's Scott Grafton and colleagues at the Unive
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Some muscles get all the glory. Bodybuilders show off their swollen triceps; sprinters flash their sharp-edged calves. B
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Most of today's anticancer drugs target the DNA or proteins in tumor cells, but a new discovery by University of Califor
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 06, 2015
Technology
Rice University researchers are developing a highly accurate, touch-free system that uses a video camera to monitor pati
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 06, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tissue stem cells, which continuously renew our tissues, can divide asymmetrically to produce two types of daughter cell
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 04, 2015
Plants & Animals
When fat-tailed dwarf lemurs hit the hibernate button, they increase their overall longevity.
So suggests a n ...
So suggests a n ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 03, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers in Switzerland and Japan say they have developed a rapid, simple, and safe method for generating large libra
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 03, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Farmers who are considering selling corn residue from their fields to produce cellulosic ethanol first should weigh a ra
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Microbiology
The Bacillus cereus bacteria is one of the potential causes of food poisoning. Indeed, a recent study in Analytical and
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 02, 2015
Cancer
Sven Pettersson, Ph.D., is a Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the LKC School of Medicine at NTU of Singa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Cancer
In the 1970s, epidemiologists found that workers in factories using vinyl chloride, the key ingredient for PVC plastics,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Health & Medicine
Similar to the way glucometers and pregnancy tests have revolutionized in-home diagnostic testing, researchers from Flor
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 02, 2015
Neuroscience
One afternoon in October 2012, a communication therapist from Manchester visited the home of Laura and her three childre
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Neuroscience
John Rodakis' son was prescribed a 10-day course of amoxicillin, one of the most frequently used antibiotics in the US,
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider